The Weather To-day: ) CAROLINA I - ( SHOWERS. The News and Observer. VOL. XLVI. m 130. mis ILL 'NORTM CAROLINA DAILIES il IEIS 111 CIRC.U 1 /. JION. FALLING BACK TOWARD PORIC Americans Advance to An geles, Our Northern Base. THROUGH MUD KNEEDEEP FILIPINOS SURPRISED, DRIVEN FROM THEIR WORKS. OUK LOSSES BET WEEN THIRTY AND FORTY TiLpinos Unable to Stand Save far a Short While the Storm of Iron the Americans Hurled Upon Hum. Noted Filipino fakir Captured. Manila, Ami. 9—7:50 p. in.—'Details of General McArthur’s advance beyond San Fernando show that the Americans cov ered five miles in the first five hours and at two o’clock had advanced six miles along the railway, stretching on each side of it for two miles and resting at night three miles from Angeles, which will be made the northern base of operations, instead of San Fernando, where a gar rison of six hundred men has been left. The casualties are between thirty and forty. The Filipinos were surprised, ex pecting the American forces to move against Tico. They followed their usual tactics of holding their trenches until they became too warm and then ret rent ing in disorder. They are now falling back westward toward Pork*. The Twelfth and Seventeenth regi ments had the sharpest engagements. The country our troops passed over is covered with rice fields and bamboo thickets, the hardest possible ground for marching. The mud, in. places, was knee deep. Angeles is one of the richest towns north of Manila and is considered to be a better base of operations than San Fernando. The forces at San Fernando consist ed of the lowa regiment, the Seventh regiment, the Ninth regiment. Twelfth regiment, Bell's new Thirty Sixth regi ment. a battalion of the Sixteenth regi ment, Troop E of the Fourth cavalry and 15 guns. The movement had been planned for some time, but was delayed by rains. Finally, two days of sunshine dried the rice fields sufficiently to warrant the at tempt. The Americans’ position bad tong been unpleasant. The rebels almost surround ed the town and fired nearly every night into it. the Americans'not replying, ex cept on extreme provocation. It was necessary to keep 500 to 000 men on out post duty constantly. Captain Deeim with a provost guard, last night captured a noted Iddiipfoo fakir, with several aliases, who, by means of ventriloquism, has persuaded the natives that he has supernatural powers. He raised much money, osten sibly for the insi etion, which In* kept for himself. Our soldiers surrounded his house ami corralled thirty ’Filipinos. Many others escaped. The troops also captured one thousand dollars. Immanuel, as the fakir is generally known, has been predicting the fall of Manila. His “prophecies” have created excitement among the natives who be lieved them. Reports from rebel sources say 150 Filipinos were killed in General Hall’s engagement at Oalanmba and in the subsequent skirmishes. The American loss in tiie lighting about San Fernando at .‘I o’clock was known to be eight men killed and twenty six* wounded. The loss may possibly exceed these figures, as the line is five miles long and it is impossible, at this hour, to hear from every point. Our troops are now about Angeles, waiting for the artillery, which Ims the greatest difficulty in moving, owing to the wet ground. The attack was opened at 5 o’clock in the morning, a battery of the First artillery shelling Bacolor, on the left. Simultaneously Bell's '1 hirty Sixth infan try struck Bacolor from the roar and drove the rebels out. Armored ears, each with a six pounder and two Gat ling revolving cannon ou hoard, then moved out on the railroad track, in the centre of our lines. Soon afterwards these guns did sharp execution. Battery M, of the Third artillery and a hundred men of the lowa regiment made a feint towards Mexico, while the main body of troops, consi sting of the lowa regiment, the Seventeenth regiment ami a battalion of the Twenty-second, under General Wheaton on the right and the Ninth regiment, Twelfth regiment and Bell's regiment, the Thirty-sixth, under General Lisciun, on the left, ad vanced steadily, pouring their lire into the rebels and receiving it heavy fire in return. The rebels were well protected by trenches and seemed not to lack am munition. But, they were unable to withstand for any length of time the hail of shots our artillery and infantry poured in on them, and retreated, leav ing dead and wounded on the field. A dozen prisoners were captured by our troops. The reports indicate that the Ninth infantry suffered the most though the casualties of all the regiments are not yet reported. The weather was extremely hot and our troops suffered greatly. But there was no faltering. A company of the Sixteenth regiment went to the relief of Bell's regiment this afternoon. According to reports, Bell out of a to tal of 192 has had wounded scut in and the insurgents are hurra swing him in the rear. The firing except at isolated points, had ceased at 10 o’clock. Note:—The massing number indicated by dashes above were eliminated by the censor at Manila. THE OFFICIAL REPORT. Washington, Aug. 9. —General Otis confirms the report of the battle at San Fernando in the following cable: “Manila. August 9th. “Adjutant General, Washington: “McArthur, with 4,000 men attacked insurgent army 6,000 strong concentrat ed around San Fernando 5:15 this morn ing. At 10 o'clock a. m. had driven it five miles in diretion of Angeles. Casu alties few. Attack ordered for seventh instant; rain did not permit movement. Railway from Angeles north badly washed by unprecedented floods of last six weeks; beyond ability of insurgents to repair. (Signed.) “OTIS.” SWEPT OFF BY TIDAL WAVE. Valparaiso. Chili, August 9.—A tidal wave burst into the hay yesterday even ing, tearing down the embankment and sweeping off a number of ears, locomo tives. and tons of merchandise. The loss is estimated at a million dollars. DREYFUS LENDS HIS AID HE ASSISTS THE COURT MARTIAL IN TRANSLATING THE DOSSIER. Precaulionary Police Measures Redoubled, Be cause of a Ft w Cries Against Prison er. None Heard Vest rdty. Rennes, France, Aug. 9.—The. secret session of the Dreyfus court martial t<|- day lasted from 6:20 a. m. until 11:45 a. m. General Chanoine nearly com pleted his part of the explanation of the dossier. He will be heard tomorrow for about -a couple of hours, and then M. Paleologue, of the Foreign Office, will take up the task, which it is understood will be completed Friday next. A public session, therefore, will take place Sat urday morning. The dossier consists of about 400 documents, of which fifty were disposed of yesterday. Several of the documents are written in German. During the proceedings to day a German dictionary was sent for, and tin- correspondent here of the Asso ciated Press learns from a sure source that when certain words and expressions could not be exactly understood, even with the aid of the dictionary, Dreyfus who is a perfect German scholar, vol unteered >a translation and was allowed to give explanations, which were of valuable assistance to the members of the court. The precautionary police measures to day were much more stringent than yes terday. Strong detachments of infantry, instead of gendarmes, cordoned the streets leading to the Lycee. Absolutely nobody but police and sol diers were thus within 100 yards of Dreyfus when he crossed the *Yvenue de la Gare. The police authorities explain the rigor of these measures on the ground that yesterday a few cries against the prisoner were raised while he was cross ing the avenue. Not a discordant note was heard anywhere today, GOV. ATIvN SON’S FUNERAL. A Call to Negroes to Hold Memorial Services. Newman, Ga., Aug. 9.—The funeral of the late Governor Atkinson was con ducted from the First Methodist church o- this place this afternoon. Prominent Georgians front all part* of rite Stale wt re present including Governor Can dler. Attorney General Terrell, Secretary of State Phil Cook, Senator A. S. Clay, Senator Bacon, Congressman Griggs, .1 edges of the Supreme Bench, member* of the legislature and of tin* various State commissions. The negro porters of the State oapitol attended in a body. All public buildings are draped in mourn ing. The interment took place with Masonic honors. Bishop Turner, of tin* African Methodist Episcopal church, has issued a call to the S()(> negro ministers- and 9< 1,000 members of the African church in Georgia, to hold memorial services in honor of the deceased. Bishop Turner pays a high tribute to the late Governor on account of the latter’s friendship for the race. THREE WERE NATURALIZED. Report of Governor Foster on the Lynching of the Italians. Washington, August 9.—The State Department has received front Governor Foster, of Louisiana, certified copies of the final naturalization papers taken out by Frank, Charles, and Joe Defatta, three of the men lynched at Tallulah. La., and claimed by the Italian authori ties to be Italian citizens. The naturali zation patters were issued by the court in Madison District, and are regarded by the authorities as establishing beyond question the citizenship of the* > three participants in the affair. Governor Foster’s report on tin* circumstances of the lynching has not yet been received. A NEW COTTON MILL. Pratt villa, Ala., August 9.—A corn patty has bt*eii organized here which will put $125,000 in a new cotton mill. The site has already been purchased and the machinery ordered. HALEIGII, NORTH CAROLINA, .THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 10. 1899. GENERAL OTIS IS UTTERLY IGNORANT Os the Necessities of a Cam paign in the Tropics. BRITISA OFFICER’S VIEWS OTIS HAS SHOWN NO GRASP OF THE SITUATION. BREACH BETWEEN ARMY AND NAVY Americans have Lost 5,000 So'diers in the Campaienand “ll is Pittiful to See the Sacrifice of Splendid Men” by Otis. Chicago, 111., Aug. 9. —A special dis patch to the Tribune from Victoria, B. C. says: -Commander St. John of the British cruiser Peacock, who arrived here from Manila by today's Empress en route home, declares that General Otis is, ut terly ignorant of the necessities or re sponsibilities of a campaign, in the trop ics. He has 5.000 dead to his account, the British officer declares, and his hes itation has already shown his forces that he has no grasp of the situation. Otis’ field transport service is declar ed to he wretchedly insufficient and hi* hospital corps a farce; and his plan of campaign calculated to advance the ene my's interest as no other could. A serious breach is declared to exist between the United States army and navy, at the front and Commander St. John says the “first thing the United Slates Govern ment should do is to recall this man. It is really pitiful to see the sacrifice of the splendid men of his army.” Incidentally Conunaiuleir St. John says that the press censorship is carried to the extreme in Manila to save Otis from being swept down in a flood of popular indignation. STORMQ AN I>FLOODS. Vancouver, B. 0.. Aug. 9.—Manila ad vices received on the steamship 'Empress of Japan say that typhoons and rain have turned the city, wet enough at the 'best of times, into tin immense pond with gutters over a foot deep in water. Saut paloe district was so completely flooded that the people were forced info the iq>- ]H*-r stories of the houses. The police barracks were completely surrounded and solotetrs stood guard and carried on pa trol duty in two feet of running watew Creeks overflowed their banks and boats were seen on a dozen streets. Ad miral Watson had a narrow escajie an the Pasig. His launch was about to pass under the Puente Ekpana. when the roaring water caught it up and jammed it broadside into a stone pier, breaking the funnel and tearing off the gunwale. The dreaded beri-beri that in former years created such havoc among the Fili pinos has made its appearance in Bilibid prison, THE FEVER SITUATION. Quarantine Against Hampton to Be Raised in a Day or Two. Newport News, Va., Aug. 9. —The yel low fever situation at the Soldiers’ Home remains unchanged. “No new cases and no deaths” is the report sent out again today from the home. The quarantine remains in force at all of the neighboring cities. Hampton and Phoebus it is understood, have prac tically clean hills of health, and it is thought the quarantine so far ans Hamp ton is concerned will he raised within the next forty-eighth hours. EVERYTH IN( 1 FA VORABLE. Washington, August 9. Surgeon Vick ery wires Surgeon General Wyman, < f the Marine Hospital Seiche. today from the Soldiers’ Home at Hampton, Va., tts follows: “No change. Everything favorable. Nearly .‘ill in tents that c.mi tie moved. Disinfection of buildings being pushed along by Surgeon Von Eg'lorf.” PHOEBUS CLEAR OF IT. Washington, Aug. 9.-Dr. Wyman's reports tonight were of an encouraging nature. Surgeon Pettns at Fort Mon roe stated that there are no new de velopments at that place. I)r. White in a dispatch from Hamp ton. says: “Last case in Phoebus furnished new clothing and discharged. House disin fected. No remaining foci in that town. Disease now confined to Soldiers’ Home. Cases having all been isolated. No one lots been exposed for several days. House to house inspection completed here. Nothing suspicious in Hampton. 1 meet authorities of Newport News. Hampton and Virginia State Board to morrow at noon at Newport News to discuss the situation.” TO DEDICATE MONUMENTS. Chattanooga, Tonn., August 9. E\ tensive preparations are being mailt for the dedication, of the Illinois monu ments on the Chattanooga and Cltiebn manga battlefields November 23ry»- ton will speak for the government, Gov ernor Candler for Georgia and Governor McMillan for Tennessee l , The Southern Governors and stall's are to he ’nvibd TROOPS LEAVE FOR QUEMADOS. Scheme for Model Farm Schools Con sidered Excellent. Havana, August 9.—The last troops stationed in this city left here this morning for Quemados, leaving only those garrisoning Morro Castle, Cabanas Fortress and the outlying forts. The Patria says the scheme to make model farm schools instead of tin agri cultural engineering school is excellent and adds: "Cuba needs plenty of practical agri culturists, such as could be mail * by model farms, to initiate better means of cultivation. There should also I o a theoretical side institution to study the production of extracts, front fruit* and vegetables.” The municipality of Havana has asked Governor Ludlow to authorize the ex jtemliture of $500,000 per year for public schools. TROOPS TO PREVENT LYNCHING Indianapolis, August 9.—Governor Mount on the request of Sheriff Dunn, of Miami county, has ordered one com pany of the light infantry and ten mem bers of Battery A, with a Gatling gnu to Pern, immediately, to prevent .t mob from lynching the abductor .Tones, who it is charged recently inveigled Nell Jones from home. Sheriff Dunn says lie has information that a mob of 200 men will attempt to take the prisoner tonight. DESERT TO INSURGENTS » LIRKNIO’S TROOPS ABANDON HIM WITH OUT firing ashot. The Forces of Jiminez, Leader of tht Revolution in San Domingo, are Growing Stronger E very Day. Cape IlaytHii, Hayti, August 9. — General Francisco Liriano, s<*nt from Monte Christ! by the Dominican Gov ernment to attack General Pacheco at Dajahon, the headquarters ol the revo lutionists, was a Ist intoned, when ne ar rived in front of the enemy by his troops who, without firing a shot des >rte 1 and entered the camp of General Pacheco. The advanced posts of the latter are tit Las Agnus, and the revolutionists are masters of the fords across the* River Van tie, thus cutting off common.cation Drtvien Monte Christ! unit the interior. The forces of Dm Juan Isidro Jimun/.. leader of the revolution are being aug mented every day, and the new- from all parts of tin* Dominican Republic is favorable to him. SENATOR JONES. He Wants to be in New York by Sep tember I. St. Louis. Aug. 9. —A special to the Post-Dispatch from Little Rock, Ark., says: Win. T. Somerville, brother-in law of Senator James K. Jones, who is in Geneva, Switzerland, has received a letter from the Senator in, which he says: "We are getting along’ all right, i am, 1 think, much beter and hope to go home entirely well, although I know that even a well man at my age is not Worth as much as, a sick man at 40 sometimes. Our trip Inis been very en joyable and would have been more so if 1 had not been all the time Votnitelhd to keep watch on symptoms, take med icine by tin* watch and always be ou the outlook.” Senator Jones says he does not know when he will leave Europe, hut that he wants to he in New York September l. His doctor, hi* says, desires him to stay in Europe until October, but he has made up his wind that two or three weeks sojourn in Minnesota will do him as much good as it would do to prolong his stay abroad. A NEGRO LYNCHED. Had Entered a House and Demanded Food and Money. Jasper, Fla., August 9. —Last night an unknown negro entered the house of Mrs. Bus'll, a white woman, and de manded food and money. The woman told him she had neither at hand. IJ< advanced upon ami caught hold of her. She screamed for help. Her husband, who was nearby, ran to her rescue and caught ami tied the negro. A posse slnrted to jail with him. A few miles out a mob overtook them, took the negro away and shot hint. „ . • DEWEY’S CHAPLAIN. Goes to GhattanoGga to Wed Miss Elsie Cook. Chattanooga, Turn., Aug. 9.—Chaplain J. B. Frazier of Admiral Dewey's flag ship Olympia, arrived here this morning from Manila byway of San Francisco on a thirty days’ leave of absence. On August 22ml he will wed Miss Elsie Cook, of South Pittsburg, Tonn. COTTON MILL COMES SOUTH. Bhldleforil, Maine, Aug. 9. —Arrange- ments are Itoing made for the removal of the Spritigvah* Cotton Mills of Spring vale, Maine, to Fort Valley, Ga. The removal will he the second of the kind from York county. About one year ago the Portsmouth Cotton Mill of South Berwick, a small corporation, went South. The Springvah* concern has been run ning only part of the time during the past year owing to a lack of orders. High taxes and too much competition are among the chief reasons given for the change in location. The plant has 10,500 spindles and 260 looms and manufactures light twills and sateens. CYCLONE'S TRAIL OF RUIN AND DEATH Meagre Details of the West Indian Hurricane, PORTO RICO IN ITS TEETH HUNDREDS OF NATIVE HOUSES REPORTED DESTROYED. CAVALRY AND SIGNAL BARRACKSI RUhED Signal Officer Glassftrd an San Juan Reports Many Public Buildirg Demolished, Tebg'aph and Ttlephme Poles Pros’rated Washington, Aug. 9,—Meagre details of the West Indian cyclone began to reach the Navy and War Departments late this afternoon in the shape of the following messages: “San Juan de Porto Rico, Aug. 9. "Adjutant General, Washington: “Terrible hurricane; cavalry barracks destroyed; store houses and other build ings damaged; iron rootling and lumber required. (Signed.) “CLEM.” “San Juan de Porto Rico, Aug, 9. “Signal Office, Washington: "Cyclone just passing over island pros trated telegraph and telephone lines: several killed; my quarters wrecked and signal barracks partially demolished. Many other public buildings likewise; hundreds of native houses destroyed; centre and *outh probably fared worse. (Signed.) “GLASSFORD. ’ The Navy Department late this after noon received a cable from Captain Snow, in command of the naval station at San Juan de Porto Rico, announcing that the hurricane had destroyed about $2,660 worth of property at the station there. EXCITEMENT AT KINGSTON. Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 9.—The bar ometers are alarmingly low here, and Turks Pslaml reports a hurricane blow ing with rapidly falling barometer at 2:26 p. in., causing great excitement. DANISH WEST INDIES SWEPT. St. Thomas, D. W., August 9.—A severe liurricaik* swept over the island of St. Croix Monday night. The lowest barometer was 29.12. Much damage was done, hut no deaths have yet been rejHirted. The force of the storm was also experienced at St. Thomas, but the damage done was slight. Negro lints* were the chief sufferers. Enormous seas, however, did damage to the wharves, but there was no loss of life. St. Kitts and Antigua are believed to have suffered, but communication with those islands is temporarily in terrupted. Later advices from St. Kitts said that on Monday afternoon a very severe hur ricane with a velocity of seventy-two miles destroyed about 266 small houses in the towns and did considerable dam age to the estates. No fatalities were reported. A.iatigua also suffered severely in dam age to estates and buildings in the towns. There were few fatalities. Liter rejHirts from St. Croix increase the amount of damage done there. Near ly every estate has been wrecked, the large buildings in the towns have been unroofed, stock has been killed and a minimum of eleven deaths has occurred among the laborers. HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED. Washington, Aug. 9.—Cable communi cation with the liesser Antilles has again been restored and reports received today make it evident that the hurricane center is probably somewhere to the northward of Santo Domingo or Porto Rico. MANY •SMALL BOATS LOST. Washington, Aug. 9. —The following cablegram has been received at the State I tepartment: "Point a Pitre, Guadeloupe Island, August S. "Secretary of State, Washington: Serious hurricane suddenly commenc ed at 16 yesterday morning. Blew se verely until night. Roof United States Consulate blown off. Everything, wraps, personal property total Joss. Great many small boats lost. The damages in this city are great. No details from the coun try: wires down. (Signed) “AY ME. “Consul.” iNi IIEASING IN VIOLENCE. Puerto Plata, .Vug. 9, 11:36 a. m. —A hurricane has swept the north coast since last night and increases in violence. Shipping in the port is in peril, but up to this hour no vessel has been dam aged. The destruction on land will prob ably be considerable. THE DAMAGE OVER. Washington. Aug. 9.—The hurricane which has been raging in a portion of the West Indies evidently has, accord ing to reports received by the weather bureau, left that group and shifted out into the open sea north of Porto Rica. The expectation is that the storm will wear itself out without further damage. DEATH OF JUDGE C. P. JAMES. Washington, August 9. —Judge Chas. P. James, formerly a Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Co lumbia. died today at his home in Lees burg, Va., of old age. PRICE FIVE CENTS. A © iNS JUBILATE. V Florida *s to the Number of 4.666 Jet Hilarious. 'Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 9. —Alsmt 4,660 negroes from all parts of Florida are gathered in this city celebrating what they term the Afro-American Jubilee. The gathering has no political signitieaiii e and is hardly more than a money mak ing scheme devised by a few bright ne groes for their personal benefit. A band contest between half a dozen organiza tions preceded by a parade through the streets was the feature today. Tomor row will be given over to horse racing and baseball. No disorderly conduct lias been reported and the crowd appears to he enjoying itself in a legitimate and quiet .manner. ASK FOR MILITIA. Trouble Over the Lynching r.t Alexan dria is Feared. Washington. August 9. —The Evening Star’s report from Alexandria, Va., states that requests have been sent to Richmond for the equipment of the mi litia company located at that place because of the possibility of trouble growing out of the lynching there last night of the negro Thomas. Tin* re port states that some of the whites are apprehensive of an uprising of tin* col ored population tonight, but that today all is quiet. ROBBERS AFTER RHINO BLOW OPFN THE SAFES OF CHEEK AND WHITE BROTHERS. Make Off With About Seventy Five Dollars and Several Gold Wa’ches. No Arrests Made as Yet. Pittslioro. N. (’., August 9.—Safe crackers blew open the safes in the stores of (’. C. Cheek and White Bros., of Ore Hill, last night aud got about seventy-five dollars in money and seve ral gold watches. No arrests have b; cj made as yet. FISHING BOAT FIRED ON. 0 She Was Within the Three Mile Limit * —The Helmsman Killed. London, August 9.—The British tor pedo gunboat lasla found a French boat fishing within the three-mile limit this morning. The fishermen attempted to escape and did not stop when a blink shot was tired. The Leila then fired a shot, disabling the fishing boat and killing the helmsman. The fishing boat was afterwards ♦owed to this port with the body of the helms man on board her. The arrivhl here of the Etoih* de Mor caused much excitement, where it is hoped the regrettable incident will draw attention to the serious inroads made by foreign fishermen in British wa ters. The Admiralty express extreme surprise at the fact that the fishing boat disregarded tin* Ledsi’s signal to heave to, and, in the absence of tln official report, they assume dbr f :he commander of the la*da only x jrted to drastic measures when other\ .mans were ineffectual. The captain of the Etude de Mor has been arrested. THE CORONER’S VERDICT. Folkestone. Eng., August 9.—The eor ouer’s inquest upon the »>,>dy of the helmsman resulted in a verdict i»f ac cidental death, the jury exonerating the officers of the Ltslu. COLOR El > FT HEM EN. Winners in tin* Washington Tourna ment—-Officers Elected. Washington, N. t\, Aug. 9.—(Special.) Jhe races at the Colored Volunteer Firemen’s Tournament here today re sulted as follows: Engine Contest—Warrenton first, time 39; Washington second, time 42. Hook and Ladder Contest—Henderson first, time 49; Winston second, time 51. T he following officers were elected for the ensuing year: H. Hargrove, President. ■, J. S. Plummer, Vice President. J. 11. Johnston, Secretarry. J. H. Ed well. Treasurer. \ alentine Howe, Chaplain. C S. Hawkins, Chairman Executive Committee. C. S. A. Taylor, Chairman Legisla tive Committee. PI Si tONOR A BLY DISCHARGED. Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 9. Eleven privates of Cnm|Miry A, Fifth regiment Georgia volunteers, have been dishonorably dis charged from the service of (lie State by Governor Candler, Non-pay mi nt of dues and non-attendance* of drill are the ealist's named in the official order for dis missal. * FIRST OF NEW RICE CROP. Charleston, S. C„ Aug. 9.—A parcel of 256 bushels, the first of the new crop of rice, was received here this morning from Ashepoo, Colleton county. This is unusually early, the first of last year's crop having been received on September 16th. POST OFFERED MARCH AND. Paris, Aug. 9.- The Evement today says it understands that Major March* and has been offered the post of Gov ernor of tin* French settlement on the Samali coast, the Envoy Extraordinary to King Menelik of Abyssinia.